ALABAMA (WHNT) — In recent developments, those who are in charge of the Saturn 1B Rocket at the North Alabama welcome center voted in favor of creating a pathway for the rocket to be removed. The ...

ARDMORE, Ala. (WAFF) - Deconstruction has begun on Saturn 1B along I-65 in Ardmore but a bill that was signed into law this summer could call for a replica to be put in it’s place. Senate Bill 313 ...

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WAFF) - UPDATE: Governor Kay Ivey has officially signed SB313 into law on Wednesday afternoon. ORIGINAL REPORT: A bill that would restore or replicate the iconic Saturn 1B rocket in ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. ARDMORE, Ala. (WHNT) — A decaying rocket at ...

SPRINGFIELD, Tenn. (WKRN) — Part of an iconic landmark that greeted beachgoers and travelers at the Tennessee-Alabama state line will now take its own trip down I-65 for a new home. Nearly 44 year ago ...

ARDMORE, Ala. (WAFF)—The Saturn 1B rocket stood along I-65 in Ardmore for 44 years. However, in September 2023, it was officially taken down due to its deteriorating state. Almost 2 years later, a ...

ELKMONT, Ala. — If you've gone into or out of Alabama on I-65, chances are you saw a big, black and white rocket standing sentry by the side of the road. It's been a landmark on the Alabama-Tennessee ...

“This rocket was not built to withstand more than 40 years of continuous exposure to the elements of nature,” the statement read from NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center. “The support structure has ...

SPRINGFIELD, Tenn. (WSMV) - Springfield Tennessee has a new piece of space history in town. On Tuesday, Robert Dillard with Gateway STEM Center went to the Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, ...

On February 26, 1966, NASA launched its new Saturn IB rocket on its first test flight. Also known as the Uprated Saturn I, the Saturn IB was built for the Apollo program. With a more powerful upper ...